National Technical Systems, Inc. [CALABASAS, Calif.] announced the hiring of Jeff Keene as its Chief Information Officer. Most recently, Mr. Keene served as the CIO for DPI Specialty Foods. Mr. Keene started his career at Arthur Andersen Consulting and has held various executive-level IT positions since he joined Arbonne International as Director of Information Technology in 2006.

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. [FREMONT, Calif.] (NASDAQ: EFII) hired Jill Norris as its new chief information officer (CIO). Norris most recently served as vice president of global IT services for semiconductor company Globalfoundries. Prior to that, Norris held engineering IT positions for Motorola and held CIO, Chief Service Officer and India expat positions for mobile start-up Good Technology. She also previously worked for Sprint as vice president of IT service delivery.

Unum Group [CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.] (NYSE: UNM) announced that Puneet Bhasin, formerly executive vice president of corporate operations for Waste Management, Inc., has been appointed chief information and digital officer. Bhasin spent more than 8 years with Waste Management, most recently as executive vice president of Corporate Operations and president of the company’s Recycling division. He joined Waste Management in 2009 as senior vice president and chief information officer. Previously he was senior vice president and CIO of Monster Worldwide, senior vice president of E-Commerce for Putnam Investments, and vice president and CIO for Ryder TRS.

Liberty Mutual Insurance [BOSTON] appointed Shelia Anderson to the newly created role of Corporate Functions Chief Information Officer. Anderson has held senior level technology roles with several Fortune 500 global technology organizations, including HP and Electronic Data Systems. She most recently served as vice president and CIO for Property and Casualty Insurance at USAA.

Huntington Hospital [PASADENA, Calif.] announced that Scott Groom joined as senior vice president, chief information officer. Groom joins Huntington Hospital from New York-based, Bassett. Prior to Bassett, Groom served as corporate vice president and chief information officer for Marshall University Health System-based Cabell Hospital in Huntington, WV, and Baptist Health System of MS. His previous experience also includes leadership in Fortune 500 software, services and management consulting.

Privis Health [RALEIGH, N.C.] announced that Phil Fegan has joined as Chief Information Officer. Prior to joining Privis Health, Mr. Fegan worked as CIO for both P3 Health Partners and DaVita Healthcare Partners. In the United Kingdom Mr. Fegan worked at Standard Life Healthcare and the British United Provident Association in both operational and technical roles.

BGIS [TORONTO] announced the appointment of Peter Poolsaar to the newly created position of Chief Information Officer. Peter joins BGIS from IBM, where he was most recently an executive advisor for the Cloud and Digital portfolio. Previously, Peter ran business units at Cap Gemini, Ernst & Young and Accenture. Peter also brings significant real estate industry experience to BGIS having worked with Brookfield Asset Management as a strategic consultant for 5 years.

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Think Systems [BALTIMORE] announced that Ed Mullinhas joined as CIO and VP. Ed previously worked for SC&H Group as CIO and Mind Over Machines as VP of IT Strategy. Ed also worked at UPS-Roadnet, Becton Dickinson, CMSI, PHH-Cendant, Catalyst Research, SMC-SAIC, and Hartman Executive Advisory.

Toshiba America Business Solutions and Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions [LAKE FOREST, Calif. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.] announced the promotion of Leon Roberge to chief information officer at the two U.S.-based Toshiba Tec Corporation companies. Roberge was responsible for the IT departments at Toshiba America Business Solutions and Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions since 2016 and served 16 years in senior IT roles at Toshiba America, Inc. and Toshiba America Electronic Components.

Cass Information Systems, Inc. [ST. LOUIS] (NASDAQ: CASS) has selected James Cavellierto fill the newly created position of chief information officer (CIO). Immediately prior to joining Cass, Cavellier was a domain chief information officer for payment and wealth management technologies within Comerica Bank. Previously, he held technology leadership positions with The Auto Club Group, Ernst & Young, LLP and General Motors/Electronic Data Systems.

North American Risk Services, Inc. (NARS) [ORLANDO, Fla.] hired Patrick Fletcheras its Chief Information Officer. Patrick has served as an Information Technology executive at DaVita Healthcare and more recently at two large school districts in Florida.

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